Tushnim, Tūṣṇīm: 11 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Tūṣṇīm can be transliterated into English as Tusnim or Tushnim, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationTūṣṇīm (तूष्णीम्) (Cf. Tūṣṇī) refers to �(becoming) quiet�, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.24 (“Śiva consents to marry Pārvatī�).—Accordingly, after Śiva spoke to Viṣṇu and others: “After saying thus, the bull-bannered lord Śiva expressed the wish that Brahmā, Viṣṇu, the gods and the sages, should speak. Śiva became quiet [i.e., ūṣṇī-ūٲ] after resorting to meditation again. Śiva, as before, was surrounded by His Gaṇas. [...]

The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarytūṣṇīm (तूष्णीम्).—ad S Silently or still; without speaking or moving. 2 Merely, simply, idly, without any particular purpose or object. 3 Used as sn A very little quantity.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryTūṣṇīm (तूष्णीम्) or Tūṣṇī.—indeclinable (Sanskrit tūṣṇīm only, even in composition, except once Lex. tūṣṇī-śīla; but Pali tuṇhī lacking nasal, as separate word, and in tuṇhī-bhāva, ūta), as adv., in silence, silently: °ṇīṃ ca so āsi ṇḍī첹 191.4 (verse); °ṇ� pavane vaseya� Lalitavistara 393.2 (verse); °ṇ� vyavasthi- ta� پ屹Բ 7.17 f.; 8.16 f.; adhivāsya bhagavāṃs tūṣṇī� vyavasthita� ṅk屹-ūٰ 6.15 (verse); in پ屹Բ and Բ-śٲ첹 often in lieu of tūṣṇīṃbaūva, fell silent, no verb form being expressed; especially in the formula…kathayā saṃdarśya samādāpya samuttejya saṃpraharṣya tūṣṇīm پ屹Բ 80.20; 89.11; 91.18; 189.8; 283.13; 310.6; 506.15, et alibi; Բ-śٲ첹 i.63.9; 290.9; ii.89.11; also, āyusmān Ānandas tūṣṇīm پ屹Բ 201.12, 20�21; evam ukte Rāṣṭrapālo gṛhapatiputras tūṣṇīm Բ-śٲ첹 ii.119.13; tūṣṇībhāva (= Pali tuṇhī°), silence, ṇḍī첹 167.9; Lalitavistara 6.2, 3, 20; 392.19; 394.20 (verse, °ṣṇi° m.c.); 416.13; Ѳ屹ٳ iii.255.4; 257.2, 3 (in 3 °ṇīṃ° but v.l. °ṇī�); 271.17; پ屹Բ 20.1; tūṣṇīūto (= Pali tuṇhī°) Ѳ屹ٳ iii.314.7; °bhutā� (m.c.) Lalitavistara 421.17 (verse).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTūṣṇīm (तूष्णीम्).—ind. Silent, silently. E. ٳ� to please or be pleased, affix ī, and u made long.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryTūṣṇīm (तूष्णीम्).—i. e. ٳ� + na + ī + m, adv. Silently, Mahābhārata 12, 3839; [Բśٰ] 8. 147.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryTūṣṇīm (तूष्णीम्).—[adverb] silently, still; [with] ū be silent.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Tūṣṇī� (तूष्णी�):—for ṇīm.
2) Tūṣṇīm (तूष्णीम्):—[from tūṣṇīka > tūṣṇī�] ind. ([gana] -徱) silently, quietly, [Ṛg-veda ii, 43, 3; Taittirīya-saṃhitā] etc. (for ṇīṃ baūva, ‘became silent� [پ屹Բ])
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryTūṣṇīm (तूष्णीम्):�adv. Idem.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Tūṣṇīm (तूष्णीम्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: ճṇh, ճܲṇ�.
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